Greg Hewgill ([info]ghewgill) wrote,
@ 2004-11-21 20:00:00
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mansfield dam floodgates

On saturday I went up to Mansfield Dam to see the open floodgates and take some pictures. The amount of water coming through there is pretty amazing. Apparently the flow rate is currently 40,000 cubic feet per second, or 17 million gallons per minute.


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[info]xomox
2004-11-22 02:56 am UTC (link)
It was pretty amazing to see a distinct current, complete with whitecaps, on Town Lake on Friday afternoon.

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[info]mduell
2004-11-22 05:29 am UTC (link)
Google says nearly 18m gallons/minute.

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[info]ghewgill
2004-11-22 05:44 am UTC (link)
Thanks Spock, those are mostly ballpark figures anyway.

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[info]ivo
2004-11-22 09:15 am UTC (link)
18 million gallons per minute, that's the equivalent of

flushing 187,500 toilets per second.

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[info]cetan
2004-11-22 02:33 pm UTC (link)
"Hmmmm. Flushing Meadows...."

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[info]paradox0220
2004-11-23 02:58 pm UTC (link)
Not my toilet... stupid low water using toilets grr... I want a freaking 20 gallon a flush toilet so it -never- clogs up again!

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